More on Surface

Ars Technica has a short write up based on a Q&A session with Microsoft developers on the wonder that is Surface.

Interesting facts include:

• it's not a touch-screen as movement is detected by 5 cameras below the surface of the table
  
• inanimate objects can be recognised if they have a tiny "tag" attached
  
• the tag doesn't use RFID but a series of dots to encode information (a "domino")
  
• the tables run on a Core2-Duo, 2GB of RAM and apparently a "newish" video card
  
• at US$5,000-$10,000 (AUS$6,000-$12,000), they're not likely to enter the general consumer market anytime soon, but hey, who knows?
  

I still want one. Oh yes. I still want one.